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fresh food plant generally twice a day. I have taken descriptions of the different stages 

 and will probably later on publish my notes in the Canadian Entomologist. Dr. Packard 

 in his "Study of Insects" says that the larvae of Euprepia caja moult from five to ten 

 times. At the electric light females of moths are thus secured which might be hard t« 

 get otherwise. 



While at the electric light, however, the collector has not everything his own way 

 as there is another competitor, whose nature it is to also visit the lights for the purpose 

 of catching moths and other insects. 1 refer to the bats which frequent the electric lights 

 securing many a desirable species, the wings of which are often found, the bat being seem- 

 ingly contented with the body portion. The size of the moth does not in the least seem 

 to frighten the bat as I have seen him catch and fly away with as large a species as Telea 

 polyphemus. The moths when chased by the bat make a desperate effort to get away, 

 but in the end they are generally captured. Some, however succeed in evading the bat 

 by flying straight up in the air just at the time the bat makes a swoop upon them. 

 Many a specimen which looks to be a " nice thing " has been caught by these bats, much 

 to the collector's regret. Sparrows also pick many specimens from off the poles in early 

 morning, the moths having rested there until that time. Constant visitors to the electric 

 lights are the toads which hop nimbly along the ground and snap up many a treasure that 

 might otherwise have graced the entomologist's cabinet. 



I have brought to the meeting some of the captures which we have been fortunate 

 enough to make at the electric lights during the past summer. These no doubt may be 

 of interest to the members present. 



INJURIOUS INSECTS OF THE ORCHARD, GARDEN AND FARM FOR 



THE SEASON OF 1899. 



By Prof. W. Lochhead, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. 



The unusual severity of the past winter led many persons to anticipate a reduction in 

 the numbers of injurious insects on account of the probable freezing of many of the forms 

 which hibernate as pupae or adults, but such an anticipation has not been realized, as 

 most of the pests of past seasons have been quite as numerous and injurious this season. 



The Codling- Worm has again 



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Fig. 12. 

 of Paris Green were not made (Fig. 



The Orchard. 



been active, and the damage done to the apple 

 has been very considerable (Fig. 12). In the 

 Guelph section the prolonged showery season dur- 

 ing spraying time washed away the Paris Green 

 from the calyx cups, so that the first meals of the 

 young grubs were not poisonous. As there are 

 two broods in the south-west part of the Province 

 the orchardist should see that the first brood is 

 exterminated, for if not, the second brood will do 

 much damage to late apples. Last year many 

 shippers lost heavily on account of the work done 

 by the second brood, which is very hard to combat, 

 from the fact that the members 

 appear at very irregular intervals 

 from August to October. 



Tbe work of the Bud Moth 



(Tmetocera ocellana) on the young 



buds was very noticeable in some 



localities where early applications 



Experience has shown that one or two applica- 



